Finding An Experienced Lawyer Regardless of what your legal needs are you will recognize that there are numerous lawyers in your town that advertise they concentrate on your kind of case. This may make the process of finding one with a great deal of experience a bit of a challenge. However, when you follow the tips below it will be possible to restrict your quest to the correct one in very little time. Step one is to create a listing of the lawyers that are listed in your town specializing in your situation. When you are making this list you must only include those that you may have an effective vibe about based upon their advertisement. Then you can narrow this list down through taking some time evaluating their webpage. There you should be able to find just how many years they are practicing and some general information regarding their success rates. At this time your list needs to have shrunken further to the people that you just felt had professional websites plus an appropriate amount of experience. You must then make time to lookup independent reviews of each attorney. Make sure you see the reviews rather than counting on their overall rating. The information within the reviews will provide you with an idea of the direction they communicate with their customers and the length of time they invest into each case that they are taking care of. Finally, it is advisable to meet with a minimum of the final three lawyers which have the credentials you are interested in. This will give you some time to genuinely evaluate how interested these are in representing your case. It really is crucial for you to follow many of these steps to actually find a person which has the correct level of experience to help you the ideal outcome.

Legal Aid????
Can Anyone Refer Me To A Good Pro Bono Or Something Of The Sort Lawyer. I Need Advice And Cant Afford To Hire A Lawyer If They Cant Help Me. So Any Tips Would Be Much Appreciated.

You either need to call LEgal aid in your county, or check the phone book; many lawyers will do a free or very low cost initial consultation with you. Pro Bono is usually pretty limited availability on only certain cases.

Animal Adoption Protection Laws?
Are There Any Laws Protecting People Adopting Animals?
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My Friend Adopted A Dog From A Local Pound. They Told Her That He Was De-Wormed, Up To Date On His Shots And Heart Worm Negative. She Noticed Over The Course Of A Week That He Coughed, Sneezed And Gagged Alot So She Took Him To The Vet. They Said That He Had Kennel Cough. He Hadn'T Been Around Any Other Animals In That Short Time So We Knew It Had Come From The Shelter. She Brought The Dog To My House Where I Have My Own. He Pottied On The Floor And We Noticed A Worm In Poop. To Make Sure We Checked When He Went To The Bathroom Later. Again We Found A Worm. She Has A 9 Month Old Daughter That Was Always Touching The Dog And He Had Been Around My Dog That Whole Night And Day. We Knew Nothing About The Disease And Feared For Both My Dog And Her Baby. We Asked Advice And Were Told To Take The Dog To The Pound And Drop Him Off. He Had A Microchip So They Were Able To Locate Her And Now Are Issuing Her A Citation For Abandoment. The Reason We Took Him Was Because She Had Already Paid For His Treatment Of The Kennel Cough. And Couldn'T Afford To Get Him Treated For Something Else. At This Point He Hadn'T Had His Vaccines Or Tests Done Because She Had Spent All Of The Money Put Aside For Those Treatments. We Wanted The Dog To Have A Chance And Could Think Of Nothing Else But To Give Him Back And Hope Someone Could Help Him. She Is Now Facing $4,000 Fine And 1 To 2 Years In Jail. We Had No Other Choice, She Has A Baby. In The Contract She Signed It Said That They Do Not Guaruntee A Healthy Animal. When She Signed They Gave Her A Brief Summary Of The Contract And Never Mentioned That. I Am A Witness To The Gentleman Sayin He Was Up To Date And That All He Needed Was His Rabies. We Never Got Paperwork. There Has To Be A Law Out There Protecting People From These Shelters Adopting Out Sick Dogs Or Cats. I Feel So Bad For These Poor Animals And Even Worse For Any Animals They May Come In Contact With Once Rehomed. If They Don'T Tell You There Is No Guarantee How Are You Supposed To Know? We Asked The Questions We Believed Were Necessary, Is He Sick? Are His Shots Up To Date? Heart Worm? But They Never Said Anything. I Think It Should Be Against The Law For These Shelters To Give Out Animals Without Checking Them For Sicknesses. It Makes Things Worse For Not Only These Families But The Animals They May Expose These Diseases To. Please Someone Help I Don'T Want To See Her Go To Jail Because She Tried To Help This Dog, She Has A Baby..

Something doesn't sound right to me with all of this (aside from the fact that it's posted in the wrong section). If the animal was dropped off at a shelter it was not abandonment unless someone just dropped it off by tying it out front in the middle of the night and leaving it there for someone to find in the morning.

I've worked for two large animal rescues over the years and people surrender animals all the time. The only person I've seen get charged was the guy who tied up his underweight (purebred) Bloodhound outside of the local PetSmart one night so that the manager found her tied up there in the morning.

If she (or you) just tied him up and left him at the pound then yes, I can see why someone was cited for that.

As to the state of the dog when your friend got him. Kennel Cough is a fairly common ailment and it's essentially just an upper respiratory infection brought on by contact with other dogs in a kennel type situation and by excessive barking. Its easily treatable if you wanted to and generally goes away in two weeks on it's own if left untreated. The worms are the same way. One or two pills (depending upon the size of the dog) and the worms are generally gone. In most cases they want to give a second dose in a couple of weeks just to make sure that they are gone. If your friend had taken the dog to a vet she would have had, perhaps, a $100 vet bill for everything.

It's entirely reasonable that the dog was up on the shots (excluding rabies), had been dewormed and was vet checked and that it could still have worms and kennel cough after having been in a kennel. They are common and easily treatable conditions for a dog in that situation and was nothing to panic about. Any contract from a shelter that I have ever worked with does state what the condition of the animal is at the time it was adopted BUT it also says that the new owners are to get the animal vet checked within a period of time after adoption, usually 7 days. Sounds to me like she didn't do that and that everyone over reacted and left the animal in some unreasonable situation at the shelter that constituted abandonment.

Next time, take the animal to the shelter when it's open and drop it off properly. People who do that do not get cited for abandonment.

My Parents Are Planning To Get A Divorce?
Well My Dad Is Always Being An Asshole Talking **** To Us In Front Of His Friends How Im A Good For Nothing And He Says The Same About My Mom, He Always Makes Us Look Like Idiots In Front Of Everyone And It Get Even Worse When Were On The House With Him For Every Little Things He Goes Crazy He Stars Yelling At Us And Stuff Like That He Doesn'T Even Let My Sister Have Friends, My Mom Finally Decided To Get A Divorce And She Is Somewhat Scare Cuz She Doesn'T Know If She Will Be Able To Pay The House And Food , So Guys Have Any Of Your Parents Had A Divorce? Did Any Of You Had Major Problems With Money Or Anything Else And With The Divorce They Getting Who Stays With The House And And What Are Other Stuff That Happens When They Get A Divorce? (Guys Im Sorry About This Letter If You Cant Understand It Is Just That My English Is Not My First Language And Right Now Im Like Worry And Scare I Would Really Appreciate Some Help)

My parents are fortunately still together but I may have some advice/comfort.

Your dad will still have to pay child support so your going to get some money coming in from that not a ton.

You might be able to take him to court he sounds very much like an abusive father, you may be able to get help from CPC even if he's only emotionally abusing you not physically. Not emotionally taking care of you I believe falls under neglect.

I don't know much about this, but if worst comes to worst just realise your new life may not be as nice and you might not be able to afford as nice of things, at least you'll be away from your father and it seems like at this point that is all you can ask for.

Can Having A Unrelated Domestic Violence Charge Effect, If I Can Gain Guardianship Of My 75 Year Old Mother?
My Girlfriend And Myself Just Moved Into Her 75 Y/O Mother'S House. There Is A Legal Battle Going On Between Her Mother And My Girlfriends Sister Over The House. The Sister Does Not Live Here Anymore, Due To A Writ Of Restitution. Her Sister Has Abused Her Mother For Many Years And Was Trying To Cause Her Emotional Harm. She Succeeded When The Mother Had One Stroke.After She Survived That Stroke, The Sister Continued The Abuse Which Caused The Second Stroke. Her Mother Survived That None Too, But This Time She Could Not Remember Anything. The Sister Proceeded To Place The Mother In A Convalescent Home, Leaving Her There To Die, Saying &Quot; I Can'T Take Care Of Her Anymore, You Do What You Want With Her&Quot; Which Then The Sister Continued To Live In The Mother'S House With Her Three Equally Abusive Daughter'S. Bare In Mind The Property Is Owned By The Mother 67% And The Other 33% Is My Girlfriend'S Sisters'. The Sister Was Only Added To The Title, By Her Mother So She Would Be Able To Gain Credit. Now When My Girlfriend Found Out That Her Mother Was In A Convalescent Home She Immediately Rushed Over There And Saved Her And Brought Her To Her House (6 Years Ago) Well In All That Time My Girlfriend With The Help Of Her Mother'S Boyfriend,Nursed Her Back To Health. The Mother Is Now Of Sound Mind. My Girlfriend And I Are Now Living And Taking Care Of The Mother And To Protect The Mother My Girlfriend Needs Guardianship Of Her Mother. 2 Years Ago My Girlfriend Was Hit In The Face By Her Ex Husband, But Since They Were Living In The Same House, They Were Both Arrested For Domestic Violence. My Girlfriend Is The Most Caring, Loving Person On This Earth. Will That Incident Effect Her Gaining Guardianship Of Her Mother????

Only a lawyer/judge/court can answer that, but senior citizens are protected from domestic violence now. Your girlfriend needs to write a letter to the judge, detailing her arrest. If possible take anger management classes (even though the ex was at fault) to show responsibility. In the meantime, she should get power of attorney for her mother. That can be done through the social worker at the convalescent home. That also shows intent to care for her mother.

Need A Ada Attorney?
I Can Not Get Into The Shopping Center From The Bus Stop Without Getting Off The Sidewalk And Driving Up Hill In Traffic And Back Down Hill To Get Back To The Bus Stop After Shopping. And With A Cart It Gets A Little Dangerous. I Am Afraid Of What Would Happen If The Cart Got Away From Me And Went Out Into The Intersection. I Have Spoken With The Property Owners I Have Sent Them Letters Stating About The Safety But They Will Do Nothing. I Spoke To The City About It They Looked Into It And The Property Owners Told The City That There Was A Lot More Wrong Then Just The Entrance And Were Getting An Engineer To Look At Into It. That Was In 2004 The City Will Not Push Them To Fix It Stating If They Try To Push Them They Might Put The Breaks On. I Have Said The Breaks Are On.
I Do Not Want To Sue For Any Money Just To Make It Safe.
This Is The Closest Store To My Home. I Have Tried The Lawyer Referral Services But So Far The Kind Of Lawyer I Have Been In Contact With Wants Me To Sue Others Like A Car Dealer Just So He Has More Then One Case To File On To Make Money. I Am Not Like That. I Just Want It To Be Safe And If We Have A Law That States They Are Not Up To Code. They Should Fix It. But All I Get Is A Run Around With Who’S Job It Is To Enforce The Law. I Have Contacted The City The County And The Office Of The Doj
I Do Understand Why Some People Get Fed Up And Start Suing Everyone That Has A Code Violation After All This I Have Been Going Through. There Are Over 23,000 Service Men And Woman Coming Home Disabled From This War Fighting For Iraq’S Freedom Only To Come Back Home To Find That They Have Lost A Lot Of Rights And Freedom Here At Home. This Country Has Made It A Lot Easier For The Disabled More Then Any Other Country But If We Have Laws That We Do Not Enforce What Good Are They.
I Live On The Central Coast Of Calif. With A Park Right Down Town That The City Let’S A Farmers Market To Happen But With Parking On Three Sides Of The Park And In Front Of All The Shops Around The Park But Not One Handicap Parking Space. Again I Have Tried To Get The City To Put In Some But I Have Not Had Any Success. This City Will Not Do Anything For The Handicap.
All I Am Looking For Now Is An Ada Attorney.
If There Was A Way To Let People Feel How It Is To Have To Drive Around A Parking Lot For Ten Minute Just Waiting For A Handicap Parking Space To Open Up Out Of The Two Hundred Parking Space’S There Are Only Five For The Handicap And Out Of Them Only Two For A Van
Any Help Please Not Wanting To Upset People Just Want It To Be Safe.

Referral Services are not great. Check out this site I have attached below. Perhaps you can find an attorney willing to take your case. Just do this search - ADA Lawyer

I would take a look at the results click on their websites and start calling around. The results should give you a list of attorneys that deal with sort of issue.

Good luck... Link attached below....

What Kind Of Lawyer Do I Need??
Hi, I Need A Lawyer Specializing In Business Contracts, Business Partnerships, And Such. Not Sure Where To Start Looking In The San Diego, Ca Area. Any Info Is Much Appriciated!

This is a question for a local lawyer AFTER they have reviewed all the facts!